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Autoethnography as a Social Justice Classroom practice

 

Community Participation, Spatial Knowledge Production, and GIS Use in Inner-City Revitalization

 

AUGMENTED BY REALITY: THE PEDAGOGICAL PRAXIS OF URBAN PLANNING AS A PATHWAY TO ECOLOGICAL THINKING*

In this article, we present a study focused on developing students’ under- standing the ecology through participation in a technology-supported urban planning simulation—specifically, 11 high school students in Madison, Wisconsin acted as urban planners to redesign a local shopping street using a Geographic Information System (GIS) model. This experimental design was situated within the theory of pedagogical praxis, which suggests that modeling learning environments on authentic professional practices enables youth to develop a deeper understanding of important domains of inquiry (Shaffer, 2004). Results presented here suggest that through participation in the project students: a) developed an understanding of ecology; and b) developed this understanding through the urban planning practices and the features of the GIS model used during the project. Thus, we propose that this augmented by reality learning environment modeled on the professional practices of urban planners extends the theory of pedagogical praxis into the domain of ecology and offers a useful method for developing ecological understanding through participation in simulations that incorporate the authentic tools and practices of urban planning.

Designing a Structured and Interactive Learning Environment Based on GIS for Secondary Geography Education

Constructivist GIS based learning environments, requirements for GIS in schools, etc.

The Delaware Geography-Health Initiative: Lessons Learned in Designing a GIS-Based Curriculum

Learning how to build a GIS based curriculum from Delaware's experiences of a GIS based, health examination, inquiry based, etc.

Learning the Local Political Landscape with Geogrpahic Information Systems (GIS)

The focus of the paper is on the transformative effect on student learning and engagement that results from using contemporary Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools and directed reflection to engage in spatial learning about the politics (literally) surrounding the student.

Identity Development of Becoming a Teacher: Counter Narrative vs. Dominant Narrative

This paper examines a counter narrative of entry into the teaching profession showing how the construction of one teacher’s identity is presented as a biographical narrative that he assumes to be at odds with an ‘orthodox’ narrative of becoming a teacher. The paper offers an interpretation of the personal narrative, told as counter to an assumed ‘orthodox’ story of entry into teaching.

GIS in k-12 classrooms

how to integrate GIS into a k-2 curriculum considering all of the needs; tech, licesning, finding, etc.

Forms of Oppression Task Card

A children's book activity that allows students to use multiple abilities to demonstrate their understanding of various forms of oppression.

World History Economic Theories Group Task Card

 

Lesson Plans US Imperialism - Digital Maps and Wiki pages

 

SCA resource cards map ideal school

These resource cards were developed for a community meeting for parents and students to build a collective voice about schools that South Central deserves.

LA Riots as Case Study for Narrative-based geovisualization

In this paper, I demonstrate that narrative-based geovisualization contributes to a broader understanding of complex social and inherently spatial phenomena, such as riots, when combined with other data.

Oppression Field Observation Tool

 

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Mapping of Personal Narratives

This is a task card that asks students to create Google Maps in order to articulate their personal narratives. Thus, a practice of geospatial thinking and personal narrative building.

Four Worlds Field Observation Tool

 

Community and Cultural Capital Observation Tool

 

Urban Ecology PSA Task Card-script

This is a task card that asks students to articulate their research in urban ecology, specifically around the various issues of environmental racism.

Autoethnographic Essay Scaffold

This worksheet is designed to support students' autoethnographic essay writing.

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Steps to making a Public Service Announcement

Students articulate their Urban Ecology research around environmental racism through an imovie

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